To Kill a Mockingbird: Tom Robinson Should Not Be Guilty

Summary: This essay is about why Tom Robinson from "To Kill a Mockingbird" should not be guilty.

We, the residents of Maycomb County, are still suffering from a deep wound of racism. President Lincoln's endeavor to establish equality among every person has become useless and black people are considered and treated as a far inferior group. Despite the unrighteous treatment, Maycomb's black people themselves do not protest for their rights. Not only them, but also the white people think the blacks' silence is natural, hindering the county from getting the chance of accepting new, modern, lawful idea of equality. Now, however, we must start to alter and modify those contradictions. Tom Robinson, a black man, is accused of raping a white girl, Mayella Ewell. We must come to a decision based on the FACT and JUSTICE, not on their skin colors. If we fail once again to give a light to true justice, we ought to be shamed under god. Let us not be slaves...